Security in the Contemporary World — Political Science STD 12 Humanities — Question

Whose mediation resolved the 'Indus River Waters Dispute' between India and Pakistan?

How far do you agree with the statement that cultural globalisation is dangerous not only for the poor countries but for the entire globe?

"The Emergency and the period around it can be described as a period of constitutional crisis". Analyse the main reason behind this statement.

Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow:
It is not necessary that all planning always has to be centralised; nor is it that planning is only about big industries and large projects. The 'Kerala Model’ is the name given to the path of planning and development charted by the State of Kerala. There has been a focus in this model on ........... Despite low per capita incomes, and a relatively weak industrial base, Kerala achieved nearly total literacy, long life expectancy, low infant and female mortality, low birth rates and high access to medical care.

1. What is meant by centralised planning?
2. In which two ways is decentralisation better than centralisation?
3. The ‘Kerala Model’ of planning and development focused on which areas? Mention any two areas.

Which World Summit Conference was held at Rio in 1992?

Why human security is more important in the contemporary world than territorial security?

Which two political parties were the major partners in the ruling alliance after the 1971 General Elections to the Lok Sabha?

State any one important objective of the United Nations.

Define indigenous population.

Name any two member states of the European Union who are permanent members of the U.N. Security Council.